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Associated Press on January 21, 2019 • Updated on January 21, 2019 at 9:42 am

Associated Press Posted on January 21, 2019 • Updated on January 21, 2019 at 9:42 am

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected calls to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union, and says she will press on with efforts to get an EU divorce bill approved by Parliament.
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A survey of hundreds of corporate leaders shows “a record jump in pessimism” about the world economy, with sentiment doused by trade spats, a global downturn and fading benefits from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts.
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Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn asked for his release on bail from a two-month detention in Japan, promising he will report to prosecutors daily and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet.
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Representatives from a Pacific Rim trade bloc geared up to roll out and expand the market-opening initiative as they met in Tokyo, reaffirming their commitment to open and free trade and inviting new membership.
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By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com on January 20, 2019
• • Updated on January 20, 2019 at 6:48 am

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By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com Posted on January 20, 2019
• • Updated on January 20, 2019 at 6:48 am

There is a state law against sleeping in your vehicle on public streets at night, but that hasn’t stopped at least one Oahu host from parking a former car rental shuttle he turned into a mobile vacation rental, dubbed Hippie Bus Hawaii, in front of Kapiolani Park and selling beds with an ocean view.
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The scene at most of the nation’s airports has so far been marked more by concerned passengers showing up early than by missed flights. Longer lines are evident at some airports. But delays resulting from a rise in federal security screeners calling in sick have been slight.
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Sears has confirmed that chairman and largest shareholder Eddie Lampert’s hedge fund has won tentative approval for a $5.2 billion plan to buy 425 stores and the rest of its assets. The move is subject to court approval on Feb. 1.
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One hundred years to the day after the ratification of the 18th Amendment, leading to the nation’s 14-year experiment with Prohibition, the Supreme Court considered whether Tennessee may impose significant restriction on liquor sales.
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The company’s chairman and largest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won a bankruptcy auction for Sears, averting liquidation of the iconic chain, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
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